How To Make Homemade Passion Fruit Curd (With A Recipe Video)

❓ What are passion fruits?

Passion fruit is a tropical fruit that is grown all over the world! It has a hard, colorful rind and juicy, seed-filled center. The most common varieties have a purple or yellow skin!

❓ Where can I buy passion fruit?

Most grocery stores will have a "tropical fruit" section in the back portion of the produce area. This is where you'll find a number of interesting fruits, passion fruits included!

I purchased my passion fruits from a local grower in California I love named Rincon Tropics - they deliver a box of passion fruit right to your doorstep if you're interested in making an extra-large batch of curd made with fresh passion fruit, a batch of passion fruit juice, a passionfruit tart or passion fruit ice cream. 

❓ How to tell if a passion fruit is ripe

Fresh passion fruit is considered ripe when the skin appears wrinkly and turns a dark purple or dark yellowy-red in color.

🔪 Processing & Storing Passion Fruit

After purchasing your passion fruit you'll start the process of making passion fruit puree. To start, slice them each in half and scoop out the pulp. Slice the passion fruits in half and scoop out the pulp. Add the passion fruit pulp to a blender or food processor and pulse 1-2 times - this helps to separate the seeds.

Make sure you don't process the pulp too much, otherwise the seeds will start to break down. Then, simply strain the pulp through a fine-mesh sieve to remove the seeds using a spatula.

Once you've processed the passion fruits, place the puree in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze the puree to use at a later date! Use the puree to make a passion fruit margarita or limoncello passion fruit spritz alongside your curd recipe!

🍴Ingredients

Adding a bit of homemade passionfruit curd to the top of a piece of toast is the ultimate way to add tart-sweet flavor to your morning breakfast. The best part - this simple recipe requires a few basic ingredients: 

• Passion fruit puree
• Egg Yolks
• Granulated Sugar
• Sea Salt
• Unsalted Butter

📖 Step by Step Instructions

Here's how to make your own passion fruit curd - for additional help take a look at the step-by-step instructions above and below!

Step 1: Slice the fresh passion fruits in half and scoop out the pulp. Add the passionfruit pulp from the whole passion fruit to a blender or food processor and pulse 3-5 times.

Step 2: Strain the pulp through a fine sieve to remove the seeds using a spatula to help so you're left with the passionfruit juice. 

Step 3: Add the egg yolks and sugar into a bowl and whisk together for a minute or two. Then, add salt and passionfruit puree mixing to combine.

Step 4: Add mixed ingredients into a saucepan, and whisk while cooking on medium heat until thickened and starts to boil.

Step 5: Strain the curd through your fine mesh sieve into a bowl and add your unsalted butter, mixing with a spatula until melted and combined.

Step 6: Pour the curd into a container and press a sheet of plastic wrap onto the surface of the curd. Place in the fridge until chilled before using.

❓ How do you eat passion fruit curd?

There are a number of ways to use homemade passion fruit curd! Here are a couple of ideas to get you started:

❄️ Storing passion fruit curd

Store the fresh passionfruit curd in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 4 weeks. Take them out and use them as needed; if it gets close to the 4-week mark, you can transfer the jars to the freezer.

💭 Recipe FAQs

Here are some other tropical passion fruit recipes to try!